NEW DELHI: India’s latest batting sensation Virat Kohli feels that he hasn’t “changed his personality because of critics” and was looking to win as many games possible for India in the future.

“I have always had the self-belief to go forward. A lot of people criticised me for the way [...]

LAHORE: Former PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt believes that the statement made by his successor Zaka Ashraf on Indian team management has dented the prospects of an early resumption of bilateral ties between the two nations.

Ashraf had in a statement in Dubai surprised everyone by saying [...]

KARACHI: It was not a very happy homecoming for Shahid Afridi after Pakistan’s Asia Cup triumph as he got into a scuffle with a fan at the airport, claiming that he reacted angrily only when his three-year-old daughter was pushed to the ground by eager admirers.

“I know what I [...]

KARACHI: It was not a very happy homecoming for Shahid Afridi after Pakistan’s Asia Cup triumph as he got into a scuffle with a fan at the airport, claiming that he reacted angrily only when his three-year-old daughter was pushed to the ground by eager admirers.

“I know what I [...]

CHENNAI: Praising batting ace Sachin Tendulkar, Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Saturday described his achievement of hundred international tons as something superhuman and cited him as a classic example for “thriving in an imbalanced world.”

Srikkanth, an ardent admirer of Tendulkar, was addressing a seminar on ‘Thriving [...]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq says his team has shaken off the tag of being unpredictable after winning the Asia Cup.

Over the past 18 months, Pakistan has lost just one limited-overs series – a 4-0 whitewash by England in the United Arab Emirates last month.

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KARACHI: Pakistan’s flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi paid rich tributes to Bangladesh, which lost by just two runs to his team in the Asia Cup finals, saying the minnows were as good as the mighty Australians in the clash.

“It seemed as if we were playing against Australia in [...]

GALLE: Top-ranked England play Sri Lanka in a two-Test series from Monday with both teams looking to prove a point after recent setbacks in the traditional five-day game.

England’s status as the world’s number one Test side took a big hit when they crashed to an embarrassing 3-0 series whitewash [...]

WELLINGTON: Bad light frustrated Alviro Petersen’s quest for a third Test century, stranding him at 96 not out and South Africa at 246-2 when stumps were called early on the second day of the third cricket Test against New Zealand.

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Only 37 overs were bowled Saturday [...]

WELLINGTON: Alviro Petersen and JP Duminy stroked half centuries in an unbroken 116-run partnership to guide South Africa to 222 for two at tea on the second day of the third and final Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve.

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Petersen, who was [...]